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Cyberattack Disrupts Production at Varta Battery Factories
/in General NewsProduction at five plants of German battery maker Varta has been disrupted by a cyberattack, possibly a ransomware attack.
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ESET Patches High-Severity Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
/in General NewsESET has released patches for a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in its Windows security products.
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New Wi-Fi Authentication Bypass Flaws Expose Home, Enterprise Networks
/in General NewsA couple of Wi-Fi authentication bypass vulnerabilities found in open source software can expose enterprise and home networks to attacks.
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Microsoft Warns of Exploited Exchange Server Zero-Day
/in General NewsMicrosoft says a newly patched Exchange Server vulnerability (CVE-2024-21410) has been exploited in attacks.
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New Critical Microsoft Exchange Bug Exploited as Zero-Day
/in General NewsDiscovered internally and tracked as CVE-2024-21410, this security flaw can let remote unauthenticated threat actors escalate privileges in NTLM relay attacks targeting vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Server versions.
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France Uncovers Russian Disinformation Campaign
/in General NewsThe network of disinformation websites, dubbed “Portal Kombat,” reproduces content from pro-Russian social media accounts and news agencies, using automation and machine translation to disseminate the content.
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Critical Exchange Server Flaw (CVE-2024-21410) Under Active Exploitation
/in General NewsMicrosoft on Wednesday acknowledged that a newly disclosed critical security flaw in Exchange Server has been actively exploited in the wild, a day after it released fixes for the vulnerability as part of its Patch Tuesday updates.
Tracked as CVE-2024-21410 (CVSS score: 9.8), the issue has been described as a case of privilege escalation impacting the Exchange Server.
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Cisco Announces It is Laying Off Thousands of Workers
/in General NewsAbout 5 percent of Cisco’s global workforce will be affected by layoffs, the Silicon Valley-based company said.
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Microsoft, OpenAI: Nation-States Are Weaponizing AI in Cyberattacks
/in General NewsIt’s not theoretical anymore: the world’s major powers are working with large language models to enhance their offensive cyber operations.
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Prudential Files Voluntary Breach Notice With SEC
/in General NewsThe finance services giant says it was hacked — and reported the incident proactively before SEC requirements mandated it. It could be an anti-extortion move, or merely a brand protection effort.
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